https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-happens-after-death-nde-stories--7278938enReligion & SpiritualityCopyright Mystic Circlehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/eca8b6cca46c97132cea8ef99a386b17.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/what-happens-after-death-nde-stories--7278938Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:53:21 +0000Mystic CircleMystic Circletruthseekah7@yahoo.comWhat happens after death? NDE Stories explores one of humanity’s greatest mysteries through powerful, firsthand accounts of near-death experiences, the afterlife, heaven, consciousness, spiritual encounters, and life beyond the physical body.Each...false08cc1323-9cb4-5345-af49-80366518f79fepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-psychiatrist-who-visited-the-afterlife-in-1944-carl-jung-nde--74393826
Carl Gustav Jung was the founder of analytical psychology and one of the most influential thinkers in modern history. In early 1944, at age 68, he suffered a heart attack that brought him to the brink of death for weeks. In that state, Jung later wrote, he had an experience so vivid and objective that he knew it was not a dream. It was, he insisted, the most real thing that ever happened to him.

In this episode, we explore Jung's account from his autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. He found himself floating high above the earth, looking down at the planet bathed in glorious blue light, with India, Ceylon, and the Himalayas visible below. He was free of every weight, at peace beyond description. He approached a dark rock that was a temple, and inside he saw his own doctor in his eternal, primal form, along with a black Hindu sitting in silent stillness. Jung felt his whole life being laid before him and understood that he was on the verge of the ultimate revelation, the answer to everything. Then his doctor's image moved toward him, and he knew he was being called back. He returned to his body furious at having to leave.

The experience stripped Jung of his fear of death and reshaped his understanding of consciousness, the unconscious, and what lies beyond the grave. He remained convinced until his final days that what he saw was objective reality. If you have ever wondered what the afterlife might look like, hear it from the psychiatrist who went there in 1944 and spent the rest of his life trying to understand what he saw.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393826Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? One of the greatest minds of the 20th century asked that question from the far side of a heart attack, and his answer has fascinated readers for generations. Carl Gustav Jung was the founder of analytical psychology and one...
Carl Gustav Jung was the founder of analytical psychology and one of the most influential thinkers in modern history. In early 1944, at age 68, he suffered a heart attack that brought him to the brink of death for weeks. In that state, Jung later wrote, he had an experience so vivid and objective that he knew it was not a dream. It was, he insisted, the most real thing that ever happened to him.

In this episode, we explore Jung's account from his autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections. He found himself floating high above the earth, looking down at the planet bathed in glorious blue light, with India, Ceylon, and the Himalayas visible below. He was free of every weight, at peace beyond description. He approached a dark rock that was a temple, and inside he saw his own doctor in his eternal, primal form, along with a black Hindu sitting in silent stillness. Jung felt his whole life being laid before him and understood that he was on the verge of the ultimate revelation, the answer to everything. Then his doctor's image moved toward him, and he knew he was being called back. He returned to his body furious at having to leave.

The experience stripped Jung of his fear of death and reshaped his understanding of consciousness, the unconscious, and what lies beyond the grave. He remained convinced until his final days that what he saw was objective reality. If you have ever wondered what the afterlife might look like, hear it from the psychiatrist who went there in 1944 and spent the rest of his life trying to understand what he saw.]]>12731944,afterlife,carl jung,cosmic vision,death and dying,famous people,heart attack,historical nde,jung,memories dreams reflections,nde,near death experience,out of body,spiritual world,what happens after deathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pronounced-dead-at-20-he-came-back-with-a-mission-george-ritchie-nde--74393825
Ritchie was a 20-year-old private dying of pneumonia when he was pronounced dead. His body lay in the morgue for nine minutes before a determined doctor ordered a stimulant injected directly into his heart. When Ritchie opened his eyes, he carried with him a vision of the afterlife so powerful that he would spend the rest of his life telling the story.

In this episode of What Happens After Death?, we follow Ritchie's journey as he described it in his classic book Return from Tomorrow. He watched his own dead body from above. He traveled through the realms beyond, seeing a city of blinding light and the destinies of human souls, some still chained to earth by their own choices. He understood with terrifying clarity that what we do with our lives determines where we go. And then he met Jesus, a presence of pure, radiant love, who showed him his entire life in a review of every word, every action, and every effect he had on others. He was sent back, told there was work for him to do.

Ritchie kept that promise. He became a psychiatrist who counseled thousands, and he lectured for decades about his nine minutes on the other side. His account, published as Return from Tomorrow, has become one of the most influential near-death experiences in history. If you have ever asked what happens after death, listen to the young soldier who died in a Texas morgue and came back to tell the world.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393825Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? George Ritchie found out at 3:15 in the morning on December 20, 1943, when his heart stopped in an army hospital in Texas and doctors covered his body for the morgue. Ritchie was a 20-year-old private dying of pneumonia when...
Ritchie was a 20-year-old private dying of pneumonia when he was pronounced dead. His body lay in the morgue for nine minutes before a determined doctor ordered a stimulant injected directly into his heart. When Ritchie opened his eyes, he carried with him a vision of the afterlife so powerful that he would spend the rest of his life telling the story.

In this episode of What Happens After Death?, we follow Ritchie's journey as he described it in his classic book Return from Tomorrow. He watched his own dead body from above. He traveled through the realms beyond, seeing a city of blinding light and the destinies of human souls, some still chained to earth by their own choices. He understood with terrifying clarity that what we do with our lives determines where we go. And then he met Jesus, a presence of pure, radiant love, who showed him his entire life in a review of every word, every action, and every effect he had on others. He was sent back, told there was work for him to do.

Ritchie kept that promise. He became a psychiatrist who counseled thousands, and he lectured for decades about his nine minutes on the other side. His account, published as Return from Tomorrow, has become one of the most influential near-death experiences in history. If you have ever asked what happens after death, listen to the young soldier who died in a Texas morgue and came back to tell the world.]]>15391943,afterlife,died and came back,george ritchie,heaven,jesus,life review,morgue,nde,near death experience,near death stories,pronounced dead,return from tomorrow,spiritual world,what happens after deathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/they-prepared-his-burial-then-he-woke-up-and-told-them-about-heaven-george-de-benneville-nde--74393824
George de Benneville was a preacher consumed by a violent fever when his heart stopped and his body went cold. Everyone around him believed he was gone. They mourned him. They began to prepare him for the grave. And then, at the very moment of burial, he returned to his body and opened his eyes, alive, carrying a vision of the afterlife so vivid that he would spend the next five decades telling people about it.

In this episode of What Happens After Death?, we tell the remarkable true story of his journey to the other side. He described his soul leaving his body, rising through a light so pure and radiant that it seemed alive. He met angels. He was shown the glory of heaven, a reality of music, beauty, and peace beyond any earthly experience. And at the center of it all, he encountered Jesus Christ, a presence of such overwhelming love that de Benneville understood for the first time that God's mercy reaches every human soul. He was sent back to life, he said, to carry that message.

The experience transformed him utterly. He abandoned everything, crossed the ocean to colonial America, and became one of the first great preachers of God's universal love, founding a spiritual legacy that still exists today. He wrote down his account with his own hand, and it was preserved for history in the classic book Life and Trance of Dr. George de Benneville, a document that modern researchers of near-death experiences still study as one of the earliest first-person NDE accounts ever recorded.

This is the story of a man who died before modern medicine existed, who saw what waits on the other side, and who returned with a message of love that he carried to his final breath. If you have ever asked what happens after death, listen to the man who actually went there.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393824Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? In 1741, a young man in France found out for himself, and he came back to tell the world. George de Benneville was a preacher consumed by a violent fever when his heart stopped and his body went cold. Everyone around him...
George de Benneville was a preacher consumed by a violent fever when his heart stopped and his body went cold. Everyone around him believed he was gone. They mourned him. They began to prepare him for the grave. And then, at the very moment of burial, he returned to his body and opened his eyes, alive, carrying a vision of the afterlife so vivid that he would spend the next five decades telling people about it.

In this episode of What Happens After Death?, we tell the remarkable true story of his journey to the other side. He described his soul leaving his body, rising through a light so pure and radiant that it seemed alive. He met angels. He was shown the glory of heaven, a reality of music, beauty, and peace beyond any earthly experience. And at the center of it all, he encountered Jesus Christ, a presence of such overwhelming love that de Benneville understood for the first time that God's mercy reaches every human soul. He was sent back to life, he said, to carry that message.

The experience transformed him utterly. He abandoned everything, crossed the ocean to colonial America, and became one of the first great preachers of God's universal love, founding a spiritual legacy that still exists today. He wrote down his account with his own hand, and it was preserved for history in the classic book Life and Trance of Dr. George de Benneville, a document that modern researchers of near-death experiences still study as one of the earliest first-person NDE accounts ever recorded.

This is the story of a man who died before modern medicine existed, who saw what waits on the other side, and who returned with a message of love that he carried to his final breath. If you have ever asked what happens after death, listen to the man who actually went there.]]>10751741,18th century,afterlife,death and dying,died and came back,george de benneville,heaven,historical nde,jesus,nde,near death experience,near death stories,out of body,spiritual world,what happens after deathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-orphans-who-died-and-came-back-talking-about-jesus-h-a-baker-adullam-orphans-nde--74393823
In the 1930s, American missionaries H.A. Baker and his wife operated the Adullam Rescue Home in Yunnan, China, sheltering the region's most destitute orphans. The children had been raised on the streets, with no religious training and no knowledge of the Bible. Yet when revival swept the orphanage, they began to report visions of the world beyond death with a consistency and innocence that stunned everyone around them.

This episode tells their story from Baker's classic book Visions Beyond the Veil. As the children hovered between life and death in illness, or were caught up in worship, they described heaven: walls of light, streets of gold, angels singing, and the face of Jesus. They described seeing their own names written in the Book of Life. Some described hell and begged their friends to repent. The children had no way to invent these scenes, Baker insisted, and their visions matched each other in detail after detail.

The visions transformed the orphanage and shaped Baker's ministry for decades. The accounts have been reprinted continuously for nearly a century and have comforted countless families who have lost children. If you have ever asked what happens after death, or wondered what a child sees on the other side, listen to the orphans of the Adullam Rescue Home, who died and came back talking about Jesus.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393823Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? Sixty abandoned children in a Chinese orphanage gave the same answer, and their testimony became one of the most extraordinary missionary accounts ever recorded. In the 1930s, American missionaries H.A. Baker and his wife...
In the 1930s, American missionaries H.A. Baker and his wife operated the Adullam Rescue Home in Yunnan, China, sheltering the region's most destitute orphans. The children had been raised on the streets, with no religious training and no knowledge of the Bible. Yet when revival swept the orphanage, they began to report visions of the world beyond death with a consistency and innocence that stunned everyone around them.

This episode tells their story from Baker's classic book Visions Beyond the Veil. As the children hovered between life and death in illness, or were caught up in worship, they described heaven: walls of light, streets of gold, angels singing, and the face of Jesus. They described seeing their own names written in the Book of Life. Some described hell and begged their friends to repent. The children had no way to invent these scenes, Baker insisted, and their visions matched each other in detail after detail.

The visions transformed the orphanage and shaped Baker's ministry for decades. The accounts have been reprinted continuously for nearly a century and have comforted countless families who have lost children. If you have ever asked what happens after death, or wondered what a child sees on the other side, listen to the orphans of the Adullam Rescue Home, who died and came back talking about Jesus.]]>1207adullam orphans,afterlife,children,china,death and dying,ha baker,heaven,hell,jesus,nde,near death experience,spiritual world,visions,visions beyond the veil,what happens after deathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mystic-who-visited-heaven-and-hell-and-walked-barefoot-to-tell-it-sadhu-sundar-singh-nde--74393818
Sadhu Sundar Singh was one of the most extraordinary spiritual figures of the early 20th century. Walking through the mountains of Tibet preaching the love of Christ, he was seized by hostile villagers, robbed, and thrown into a dry well where the dead were cast. He was left there to die. And in that pit, as his life drained away, he testified that Christ appeared to him and an angel lifted him out, bringing him back from the threshold of death.

This episode tells the story of his visions, recorded in his classic book Visions of the Spiritual World. Sundar Singh described death as the soul leaving the body like a man leaving a house, and he spoke of the spiritual world as a reality as near as our own breath. He described heaven as a realm of radiant light and glorious landscapes, where the redeemed dwell in joy and grow in love and knowledge forever. He also described hell, not as an arbitrary punishment but as the natural condition of a soul that has closed itself off from God's love. He reported speaking with the departed, learning from Christ, and seeing the world beyond the veil.

The experiences made him fearless. He surrendered everything he owned, dressed in the simple saffron robe of a sadhu, and walked barefoot across India, Tibet, and beyond for nearly thirty years, preaching and healing. His writings were translated into dozens of languages. In 1929 he vanished into the Himalayas at age 39, never to be seen again; his followers believed he had finally gone home to the world he had described so often. Listen to the mystic who died in a well and came back to tell the world what waits beyond.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393818Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? A barefoot Indian mystic answered that question with a lifetime of visions, and his answer began in a well filled with corpses. Sadhu Sundar Singh was one of the most extraordinary spiritual figures of the early 20th...
Sadhu Sundar Singh was one of the most extraordinary spiritual figures of the early 20th century. Walking through the mountains of Tibet preaching the love of Christ, he was seized by hostile villagers, robbed, and thrown into a dry well where the dead were cast. He was left there to die. And in that pit, as his life drained away, he testified that Christ appeared to him and an angel lifted him out, bringing him back from the threshold of death.

This episode tells the story of his visions, recorded in his classic book Visions of the Spiritual World. Sundar Singh described death as the soul leaving the body like a man leaving a house, and he spoke of the spiritual world as a reality as near as our own breath. He described heaven as a realm of radiant light and glorious landscapes, where the redeemed dwell in joy and grow in love and knowledge forever. He also described hell, not as an arbitrary punishment but as the natural condition of a soul that has closed itself off from God's love. He reported speaking with the departed, learning from Christ, and seeing the world beyond the veil.

The experiences made him fearless. He surrendered everything he owned, dressed in the simple saffron robe of a sadhu, and walked barefoot across India, Tibet, and beyond for nearly thirty years, preaching and healing. His writings were translated into dozens of languages. In 1929 he vanished into the Himalayas at age 39, never to be seen again; his followers believed he had finally gone home to the world he had described so often. Listen to the mystic who died in a well and came back to tell the world what waits beyond.]]>1575afterlife,angel,heaven,hell,historical nde,india,mystic,nde,near death experience,near death stories,sadhu sundar singh,spiritual world,tibet,visions,what happens after deathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/doctors-said-he-was-dead-then-he-saw-the-light-dr-a-s-wiltse-nde--74393815
Dr. A.S. Wiltse of Skiddy, Kansas was a respected country doctor when typhoid fever brought him to the edge of death. As his family gathered around his bed, he bade them farewell, convinced the end had come. Then his consciousness detached from his body, and he watched the scene below like a spectator at his own deathbed. He saw his own lifeless body. He saw the grief of his family. And then he traveled somewhere no medical textbook had ever described.

His story, first published in the St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal in November 1889, is one of the most remarkable near-death accounts of the 19th century. Wiltse described moving through a strange dim region and emerging into a world of astonishing beauty, with trees, flowers, and a light more vivid than anything on earth. He approached a great wall of radiance and sensed a realm of still greater glory beyond it. He wanted to stay. He was sent back anyway, returning to his body against his own wishes, and the shock of re-entering his flesh was almost unbearable.

The experience changed everything for the rational, scientific doctor. He became convinced that consciousness survives the death of the body, and he allowed his account to be published and republished, including in F.W.H. Myers' classic work Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death. His testimony stands as one of the strongest early medical arguments that death is not the end. Listen to the doctor who died in 1889, saw what waits on the other side, and came back to tell the world.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393815Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? In 1889, a Kansas physician found out firsthand, and his account was published in one of America's leading medical journals. Dr. A.S. Wiltse of Skiddy, Kansas was a respected country doctor when typhoid fever brought him to...
Dr. A.S. Wiltse of Skiddy, Kansas was a respected country doctor when typhoid fever brought him to the edge of death. As his family gathered around his bed, he bade them farewell, convinced the end had come. Then his consciousness detached from his body, and he watched the scene below like a spectator at his own deathbed. He saw his own lifeless body. He saw the grief of his family. And then he traveled somewhere no medical textbook had ever described.

His story, first published in the St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal in November 1889, is one of the most remarkable near-death accounts of the 19th century. Wiltse described moving through a strange dim region and emerging into a world of astonishing beauty, with trees, flowers, and a light more vivid than anything on earth. He approached a great wall of radiance and sensed a realm of still greater glory beyond it. He wanted to stay. He was sent back anyway, returning to his body against his own wishes, and the shock of re-entering his flesh was almost unbearable.

The experience changed everything for the rational, scientific doctor. He became convinced that consciousness survives the death of the body, and he allowed his account to be published and republished, including in F.W.H. Myers' classic work Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death. His testimony stands as one of the strongest early medical arguments that death is not the end. Listen to the doctor who died in 1889, saw what waits on the other side, and came back to tell the world.]]>13461889,19th century,afterlife,death and dying,died and came back,dr wiltse,heaven,light,nde,near death experience,out of body,typhoid fever,what happens after deathfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-dying-woman-s-vision-of-heaven-in-1898-rebecca-springer-nde--74393814
Rebecca Ruter Springer was a gifted writer when a grave illness struck her down, leaving her weak and hovering near death. In that state, she received what she called her "dream of heaven," a vision so vivid and orderly that she was convinced it was a true revelation. She wrote it all down in a book titled Intra Muros, later republished as Within Heaven's Gates, and it became one of the most beloved afterlife books of all time.

This episode takes you inside her vision. Springer found herself in a world of radiant beauty, greeted by family members who had died before her. She described the heavenly city with its mansions, its gardens of flowers that never wither, and its trees heavy with fruit. She heard music of a sweetness no earthly ear can fully hold, and she met angels and the redeemed. She described an encounter with Jesus Christ that filled her with peace beyond description, and she learned that heaven is a place of joyful work and growth, where those who have gone before still watch over the ones they love on earth.

Her vision ended as her body recovered, and she spent the rest of her days sharing what she had seen. Her book brought consolation to countless grieving hearts and shaped how generations imagined the world to come. If you have ever wondered what heaven might really be like, listen to the woman who saw it in 1898 and came back to describe the home that awaits us all.]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74393814Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:44:22 +0000Mystic CircleWhat happens after death? In 1898, a bedridden American author answered that question with a vision so beautiful it has comforted mourners for over a century. Rebecca Ruter Springer was a gifted writer when a grave illness struck her down, leaving...
Rebecca Ruter Springer was a gifted writer when a grave illness struck her down, leaving her weak and hovering near death. In that state, she received what she called her "dream of heaven," a vision so vivid and orderly that she was convinced it was a true revelation. She wrote it all down in a book titled Intra Muros, later republished as Within Heaven's Gates, and it became one of the most beloved afterlife books of all time.

This episode takes you inside her vision. Springer found herself in a world of radiant beauty, greeted by family members who had died before her. She described the heavenly city with its mansions, its gardens of flowers that never wither, and its trees heavy with fruit. She heard music of a sweetness no earthly ear can fully hold, and she met angels and the redeemed. She described an encounter with Jesus Christ that filled her with peace beyond description, and she learned that heaven is a place of joyful work and growth, where those who have gone before still watch over the ones they love on earth.

Her vision ended as her body recovered, and she spent the rest of her days sharing what she had seen. Her book brought consolation to countless grieving hearts and shaped how generations imagined the world to come. If you have ever wondered what heaven might really be like, listen to the woman who saw it in 1898 and came back to describe the home that awaits us all.]]>12281898,19th century,afterlife,angels,dream of heaven,heaven,intra muros,jesus,nde,near death experience,rebecca springer,spiritual world,vision,what happens after deathfalsefull